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Ninja-to.. Doing it all wrong again.. LOL..


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As usual I pick up and do things that should not be done according to everyone else.. 

With this I decided to bring a unique item to the NYSDB fall meet which I demonstrated at and this gave an opportunity to show the method.. Of course I suggested to use clean 1084 to the like to start the taco aspect.. But I just used a dirty old rasp and some mild steel with mill scale on it. 

I'll keep the thread updated as work progresses.. 

The basic method was shown, then I showed how to do the layout for the hilt and tip areas..  This was forged to shape. 

 

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Thanks Les.. 

Latticino, you can see by the photos nearly all the hammer blows are in the middle of the flat..  I switched to a more rounded faced hammer which I should have just stuck with my dogs head.. would have been better.. 

The lines are decent.. 

Keeping the file flat is how the results are obtained. 

 

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The tip is the hardest part as it's a diverging forging from the spine, the side bevel and then a slight upset where the tip joins the other 2. 

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